Placement of defibrillators in question

The easy-to-use automated defibrillator contains electrodes that are placed on an arrest victim’s chest and a built-in computer to detect heart rhythm. If prompted by the computer, the operator delivers shocks to the chest to restore normal heart rhythm.

“We know two things make a difference in survival from cardiac arrest: early, effective CPR and early defibrillation,” says Dr. Meldon. “We have public access defibrillators but we need to know where to put them. That’s the key to this study — now we can look at alternate sites to place access defibrillators.”

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Yes! I was able to use the AED at my gym and cardiac compressions on a 56 y o male. MD said he only had a 10% chance of making it to the hospital alive and then 2 to 3 % after that. But b/c of my quick response and availability of the AED, he was successfully treated and released within 4 days